Searching through a list.

Hi, i made a list in gui using EasyApp.

Java Code:

List viewTestBox = addList("",170,50,600,180,this);

now, lets just say this list was populated with words and stuff. Is there any way i could search through the list for a specific word, and get a return of the index of that word, like, the index of where the word was found. :D

ok, to make things simpler. i need to figure out how to search for a string, within a sentence, within an array.
for example Array contains
0 "The quick brown fox"
1 "jumps over the"
2 "lazy dog"
Find: jump
Word "jump" found in index: 1